Download From Appeasement to War 16sect 1

Aggression Goes Unchecked
Germany
• Dictators made aggressive
moves
• The Allies were viewed as
being “weak”
Hitler Talking With A Child
http://www.fpp.co.uk/Hitler/images/children/Inge_Terboven_on_Hitler.jpg
Japanese Aggression
Manchuria, 1931
• Japan felt they should have a strong
empire like the west
• Japan invades northern province of
China, Manchuria.
• The United States refuses to sell oil,
rubber, steel, and other war materials
to Japan.
• Japan withdrew from the League of
Nations
• Japan started the Sino-Japanese war
and the West did nothing
Japanese Propaganda
Showing Manchurian Support
For Manchukuo
http://granitestudio.org/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Manchukuo-poster.jpg
Japanese Aggression
Sino-Japanese War, 1937
Extent Of The Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere
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Japanese Aggression
Sino-Japanese War, 1937
• Rape of Nanking.
Japanese Soldier
Executing A Child
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– City in China that is totally
destroyed by the
Japanese.
– The Japanese begin a
policy of genocide, raping
and massacring the
inhabitants of the city.
– One of the worst war
tragedies ever, many
Japanese people state that
it never happened despite
government
documentation and
pictures.
Japanese Aggression
Sino-Japanese War, 1937
Baby Abandoned At
Nanking Railroad Station
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On The Steps Of Nanking City Hall
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Japanese Aggression
Sino-Japanese War, 1937
Bayonet Practice
http://www.independentaustralia.net/Wordpress/wpcontent/uploads/2011/03/nanking_massacre_Rape_of_nanking_killing_chinese_practice.jpg
Dark Humor After Nanking:
His Last Cigarette
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2a/Chinese_head,_Nanking_massacre.JPG
Japanese Aggression
Sino-Japanese War, 1937
Trophy Heads After Nanking
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Japanese Aggression
Sino-Japanese War, 1937
Dead Toddlers & Babies After Nanking
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Italian Aggression
Invasion Of Ethiopia, 1935
• Italian tanks and troops
quickly overrun the smaller
nation.
• Emperor Hailie Selassie
asked the League for help.
• The League refuses to send
troops; the League imposes
weak economic and trade
sanctions. (Sanctions –
Penalties_
• The outdated weapons were
no match for Mussolini’s
Tanks, machine guns,
poison gas, and airplanes.
Emperor Hailie Selassie Addressing
The League Of Nations
http://www.blackpast.org/files/blackpast_images/Selassie__Halie.jpg
Hitler Going Against the Grain
• Hitler rebuilt the military
• He sent troops into the “demilitarized” Rhineland's bordering France
(violation of Versailles)
• The Western nations adopted appeasement- a policy of giving in to
the demands of the aggressor to keep the peace.
• No one want to fight Germany (The Great Depression had zapped all
of the energy from West
• Pacifism- opposition to all war push countries to look for peace.
• The West was viewed as being
weak!!!!!
Ways to Keep the Peace
• The U.S. passed The neutrality Acts• - forbid the sale of arms/weapons to
warring countries
• Outlawed loans to warring countries
• Prohibited Americans from traveling on
ships of warring nations
Formation Of The
Axis Powers
• Due to the weakness
of the Allies
Germany, Italy and
Japan formed The
Rome- Berlin-Tokyo
Axis
• They agreed to fight
• Soviet communism
and they agreed not
to interfere in one
another’s plans to
gain more territory.
Map Of The Height Of Axis Conquests
http://www.public.iastate.edu/~cfford/Axispowers1942.jpg
Spanish Civil War
Francisco Franko
• Spain collapsed into a civil war
• The govt. took land and privileges
from the Church and old ruling
class
• Conservatives (backed by the
military) REJECTED CHANGE!!
• Franko, a conservative, led a revolt
into a bloody civil war. Hitler and
Mussolini helped Franco by sending
armed forces
• The Soviet Union sent troops to
fight fascism
General Franco
http://donswaim.com/images/franciscofranco.gif
• Britain, France, and the U.S.
remained neutral
Spanish Civil War
February 1936
• Both sides committed
horrible atrocities
• Over 500,000 Spaniards
would die in three years.
– Franco would win,
establishing a totalitarian,
fascist-style regime.
Destruction In The S.C.W.
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• One of the worst atrocities was committed
on Guernica, a small Spanish market town
• German planes dropped loads of bombs
and swooped down low to machine gun
anyone who survived the bombs
• Nearly 1,000 innocent civilians were killed
• This was an experiment (dress rehearsal) of
what modern warfare could do
Spanish Civil War
World War II’s Dress Rehearsal
• Germany & Italy.
– Both send troops,
war materials, and
money to support
Franco.
– Trained troops
and tested
The Nazi Condor Legion “Volunteers”
weapons for the
upcoming conflict.
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Spanish Civil War
February 1936
Picasso’s Guernica
http://homepage.mac.com/dmhart/WarArt/Picasso/Guernica/Guernica.JPG
German Aggression
• March 1938, the
Anschluss is formed,
the union between
Austria and Germany.
• Austria’s chancellor
(prime minister)
refused so Hitler sent
troops in to keep
order.
Austrian Giving The Nazi
Salute After The Anschluss
http://www.mimifroufrou.com/scentedsalamander/i/Anschluss_tears.jpg
German Int’L. Aggression
1935-1938: Germany Reclaims Territory
• Hitler turns to Czechoslovakia
• September, 1938, the
Sudetenland in
Czechoslovakia is pressured
into allowing the Germans in
the area to reunite with
Germany.
• Allies did nothing to help
Sudetenland Importance
http://www.destination-munich.com/images/sudetenland-mapmunich-agreement.jpg
Munich Crisis
Climax Of Appeasement
– Hitler begins to make
threats against Poland.
• France and Britain
finally decide that this
was the last straw.
Czechoslovakia After Munich
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Munich Crisis
Climax Of Appeasement
• Munich Conference.
– Hitler Britain and France chose
peace. Hitler tricks the British
Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain
into believing that he only wanted
peace.
– “Peace with honor….peace for
our time.”
Chamberlain’s
“Peace With Honor” Speech
http://www.toytowngermany.com/munich/chamberlain-munich-conference-1938.jpg
• Appeasement wins again,
allowing Hitler more of an
opportunity.
• British Politician Winston
Churchill “They chose between
war and dishonor. They chose
dishonor; they will have war.”
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
• Signed by Hitler and
Stalin, stunned the world.
– Nazis and communists
were agreeing not to attack
each other.
– Neither side actually
believed that they would
hold up to the bargain.
– France and Britain
essentially lose a potential
ally with no second front.
Signing The
molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
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olotovRibbentropStalin.jpg/250px-MolotovRibbentropStalin.jpg
Nazi-Soviet Non-Aggression Pact
Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact
• Secret protocol
agreement.
– Divided Poland
between
Germany and
Russia.
– Germany and
Russia begin to
send divisions to
Poland.
Secret Protocol
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The Beginning Of World War II
September 1, 1939
• German armies and
warplanes invade
Poland.
– September 3, France
and Britain declare
war on Germany.
World War II begins.
Nazi Troops Tearing Down A
Polish Border Checkpoint
http://www.spiegel.de/img/0,1020,762371,00.jpg
Domestic Aggression In Germany
Concentration Camps Established
• Camps for imprisonment of men,
women, and children considered
dangerous, a threat, or racially
impure by the Nazis.
• Were used as slave labor for
factories and farms near the
camps.
• Nazi propaganda called them
internment and reeducation
centers.
• Became killing and testing
areas.
– Nazi doctors would test new
drugs, medical techniques,
biological weapons, and pain
threshold.
Bergen-Belsen
http://www.annefrankguide.net/en-gb/content/bergen-belsen-overview.jpg
The Beginning Of World War II
September 1, 1939
Hitler & Stalin Standing Over Poland’s Dead Body
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